Binding of volume Khusraw and Shirin by Nizami (d.1209)

FS-6255_03

Binding of volume Khusraw and Shirin by Nizami (d.1209)

Painted lacquer and leather

H x W x D: 30.9 x 20 x 3.6 cm (12 3/16 x 7 7/8 x 1 7/16 in)

Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

To 1931

Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1931 [1]

From 1931

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1931 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

probably Tabriz, Iran

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

early 16th century

Safavid period

Book

hunting

music

Safavid period (1501 - 1722)

Khusraw

Shirin

Iran

Arts of the Islamic World

Smithsonian Institution